Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 October 1896

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DjSIILTT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE CO CENTS. VOL. LIV. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1896. No. 227:
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      578 1 I'l'iiiiisiiliir 4 Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be ex P ected to arr i ve out, 1 wards aU d eave Penang 'Zw homewards, on the following dates Homewards. Oct. “24 I Rohilla Oct. 15 Hind Nov. 6 i Pekin 29 21 Mirzapore Nov. 12 M"' 1
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      1339 1 ftloftces British India steam navigation company, -<ltd.>. banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPI.J. Hongkong Shanghai BankNEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-up Capital jio.uuo.Ovu. 1 i Reserve Fund 6.000.000, T Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000 NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART Fok Will sail steamer From
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      562 1 lIEDEKLAKVSUIIi HANDEL MAAnCiiAiTIJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000. Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The tlnion Bank of
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 2 Penang. Isth October. I sue. Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank 2/1 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/lpr Do. 3 Credit Do. 3 Documentary... 2/1 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 178 j Do. 3 days'sight Private 184 Bombay, Demand Bank 1784 Do. 3 days’sight Private Madras, Demand Bank 1774
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    150 2 Penang. 15th October H'i Tin 531.50 sellers. (Trang out <>f season. West Coasl... 60 -oilers A.heenHlh 12 25 do. White Pepper 16. do Cloves (picked)... on» o seaso->. Mace No. I 72 seller-. Mace Pickings... < 3 do. Nutmegs 68 00 d f No. 1 5 1
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    79 2 Mail» clone To-morrow For Per sir Time. Ceylon. Australasia. Ac., ria Brindisi for Europe. Ac., liohilla 630 a m. Registration up to 4 p.m Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon. Langkat Jin Ho Noon. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Tongkah Petrel 1 P.M. Asahan I{. Ilaleicyn 1 P.M. Klang Deli
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    35 2 From Singapore -s. s. Kut Sang to-mor-row. an s. s. Maria Valerie on Saturday. From Hamburg—s. s. Gerda on Saturday. From Olehleh—s. s. Kony Alf to-morrow. From Suez—s. s. Aden on Monday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    139 2 LONDON, 14th October 1896. United States. The Republicans estimate Mr. Mckinley will have 270 electoral votes, and Mr. Bryan 110. Sixtyseven votes are doubtful. Speeches on the Situation. In a speech Sir Michael HicksBeach denounced the connivance of the Sultan and Porte in the massacres, but as Russia,
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    722 2 We publish in another column a letter from the Rev. Mr. Mifrray, with reference to the formation of a Young Men’s Association. The letter itself gives full details of the course that it is proposed to adopt, and the ends in view of this society. It is
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    THE ASSIZES.
    142 2 The case against the two Chinese named Chiah Kian Siu and Hob Ah Keh, charged with theft and retaining stolen property, was concluded yesterday afteruoou, when prisoner No. 1 was convicted by the jury, but prisoner No. 2 was acquitted. The former was sentenced to eighteen months’ rigorous
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    POLICE CASES.
    75 2 The following were disposed off by Mr. Bryant this morning:— A Chinaman, for retaining stolen property, viz., 4 pieces of iron valued at $l, was sentenced to six mouths’ rigorous imprisonment. He had three previous convictions. A Chinaman for theft of a goat was sentenced to three months’
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    YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION.
    302 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —There can be little doubt that a good deal can, and ought to. be done for the youth of Penang, especially of the Baba class, on whom so much of the future of our colony depends. To meet this
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    PASSENGERS.
    49 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Maha Vajirunhis from Padang; Mr. L. Hoon. Yesterday Per s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat: Messi's. Krusemann. and H. Hochkeppeler. Per s s. Teutonia from Malacca Mr. Prosser. Per s. s. Thaiping from Port Weld: Capt. O. Wahl, and Mr. and Mrs Gleeson.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    87 2 Thursday. 15th Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens, 2 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 7-30 aM. and 5-18 p.m. Friday, 16th Penang Turf Club Annual Meeting High water at New Jetty, 8-23 am. and 8- p.m; Saturday. 17th Town Band, Golf Club. High water at
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    20 2 (From our Corkespondrxt j TELUK ANSON. 15th Octobek. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 471 pikuls of tin.
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    THE DISASTROUS FLOODS IN PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    1482 2 (From a Correspondent.) Province Wellesley, Oct Im The tenor of the leader in the Gazette of the 13th instant, and so lne ‘J? slatemenfs contained therein are misleading but savour of w/'n 7 undeserved, as the writer bag g..? 7 himself by a personal
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      695 2 n »i 1 i a New advertisements. Pritchard Co. House no. 3, clove hall road. Apply to L. SUREWONGSEE. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications for the appointment of Fitter at a salary of $25 per month l will be received by the undersigned up to 4 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, the 22nd
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      239 2 TO LET. SUFFOLK* HOUSE. Aier Itam Road. Apply to ALLEN KENNEDY. EXPRESS NOTICE. Tli<* Aerated Water Co., Penang. Worn f)0, Canlonement Hoad, Palo Tikut. Proprietor ARCHIBALD KENNEDY. Telegraphic Address ARCHIBALD—PENANG. Great increase of the A. P. K. Aerated Water Trade. All our Machinery being in excellent order. Patronize your own
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    PERAK NEWS.
    442 3 (Pera/r Pioneer, 14th October.) There is now plenty of cargo from Penang for Lower Perak. Rates of freight are firm with an upward tendency. The men of the Malay States Guides are hard at work practising for the coming Warren challenge shield competition. The fee for registration of
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    ROBINSON CRUSOE’S ISLAND.
    264 3 Vanished Below the Sea. According to a Reuter’s telegram The island of Juan Fernandez, off the coast of Chili, is reported to have disappeared beneath the sea during a violent earthquake.” Every reader of Defoe’s famous story—one of the classics of the English language—will feel a pang
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    THE MOTIVE POWER OF THE FUTURE;
    736 3 Or, the Apotheosis of the Gas Engine. In Cassier» Magazine for August there is a very interesting article on The Future of Power Development,” by George S. Strong. According to Mr. Strong no method of generating power can be compared for a moment, for
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    THE OMENS IN THE SKY.
    1046 3 To all people who carefully watch the omens in the sky the impression that the present calm in the political atmosphere of the Far East is soon likely to undergo a violent change is daily becoming stronger, as the forerunners of an approaching storm gather
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    SHIPPING.
    287 3 Arri nils. To-day. s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. s. Maha Vajirnuhis from Padang. Y BBTERDA.Y. s s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. 8. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Thuipeny from Port Weld. itepartiires., To-dav. s. s. Maha Vajirunhi» for Singapore. s. s.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    191 3 (Straits Times, 12th October.) JelebuM ($5 pd.) $3.00 seller?. Rauhs (13/10 pd.) §6.25 buyers. -Cl fully paid PA.oO Sellers. Punjoms ($4 pd.) $ll4 Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $5 buyers. Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 buyers Pengerangs ($5O pd.) ;67.l sales. Straits Insurance (s2i. pd.) Straits
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      747 3 SGO*rcH WHISKY. Always drink the Best and preserve vour Health. This you can do by drinking Ferguson’s Special L FERGUSOHS-JI Cream Breadalbane. i IkyPECIAL SCOTCH WHISKY. THE VERY BEST PEG WHISKY IN THE MARKET. Very old.* well matured in sherry casks. Per Case of 1 doz. bottles,* duty paid, $11.50.
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      45 3 Foreign Parcels Agency. PARCELS and Cases received for shipment to all p;irts of the Globe. Deliveries at Receiver’s address. Passages secured and booked. Passengers and Luggage attended to. Sole Agents for Pitt A' Scott, Europe America. Sutton Go., Great Britain. GOSLING Co., 516 Penang Singapore,
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      1770 4 BUCHANAH WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTHERS HIN LEE Co. Native States Agency. Mrs. ELLIOTT, BEST AND SAFEST APERIENT. Tft&UtdftCt
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      261 4 PENANG ICE WORKS STREET. OPEN on week days from 7.30 to Hj a and from noon to 5 p n Sundays and Holidays from 8 a m n ICE WILL ONLY BE DELIV PR n AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS aS NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR cm? e D THE PUBLIC ARE
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